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Topic: The Packaging Issue... (Read 4459 times)

I wasn't sure if this belonged here or in the Other Toy section, or even in the Saga section....but it kind of covers a number of lines. My question deals with the packaging...boxes, cards, etc. Do you keep it? If so, do you keep it all, some of it, only certain lines...or why do you (or do you not) keep it? Personally, I have kept the majority of my packaging....card backs (only ones that have different backs), no bubbles, ship and beast boxes (but flattened)...but, I'm not exactly sure why I keep them. Until we are able to move to a different house, my wife and I are kind of running out of space to even display my collection, let alone keep the packages. I suppose I should just throw them all away, not much reason to keep them, but for some reason I just don't. What do you do with your packaging? Just curious to see some thoughts and opinions. Thanks .

But for the loose collection, I keep everything except the bubbles. I slice the bubble off with a knife, and hang on to the cardback and the insert. I even go so far as to remove any stickers (like: "Lightsaber Slashing Action") from the bubbles first, and then stick them onto the front of the card that I'm keeping. Yeah - I've got issues alright...

So if it's clear plastic, it goes. Anything other than that goes into my loose card or loose insert collection!

I did the exact same thing (fortunately) as a little kid with the vintage line. I still have ALL of the original cardbacks, sans bubbles. Unfortunately, I hacked off those UPCs on most of them, which detracts from their nice look just a bit... But hell, it got me cool FREE stuff, right?!

For the Muppet line I keep all card backs because each one has info on that Muppet. Other lines I keep one card per wave if it can be used as a checklist. I also keep any cards that have instructions or that are a necessary visual guide on assembling the figure (tech armor Batman for example)

Thanks for the comments so far everyone, glad to hear I'm not the only one who keeps this stuff. That's the main reason I keep it as well, just to look through them from time to time...from the Saga line I've always kept those bubble inserts as well, just thinking they could be used for a display or something too. I don't know, we've got the room now, so I guess I'll keep everything until we don't .

from SW I save the little insert pictures from characters I like, and of course the JMP. I also save the cardbacks so I know what accessories come with what whenever I will have to pack stuff up to move in the future. 12" Boxes I keep because I have a feeling one of these days I might repack them to display them incase I run out of shelf space...

Virex

The only things that I've been able to throw away so far have been the cardboard inserts from the non-window box vehicle boxes, if that makes any sense. I've only thrown those away so I could flatten the boxes.

But everything else, I've kept. Cardbacks, bubbles, etc. I don't know why. I wish I could bring myself to throw all that junk away, because that's what it is--junk--but I just can't. I just can't throw anything that has a Star Wars logo plastered on it in the trash, for some reason.

Maybe I'll try and start with the bubbles. They're taking up a bunch of room.

I started saving packaging back in the day when Kenner had mail away premiums. Never knowing when or how many proofs of purchase I'd need, I kept all my cardbacks and some of the boxes.

I've been keeping the packaging ever since out of habit. But since my recent move into a new home, I'm seriously re-evaluating this practice and considering breaking with tradition. While keeping some packaging did make it safer to move my toys, it was infinitely more tedious to repackage them for the trip.

Most likely, when I have an opportunity to unpack, I'll keep the blasted Jedi Master Points and throw everything else away. My wife will be thrilled and hopefully I'll have discovered a way to have toys AND some extra space again.

I used to keep all that stuff, especially the cardbacks. It just got to bothersome and it took alot of space to store that stuff. Being a loose collector, if I really like the packaging on a certain figure, I'll just buy a duplicate to keep carded.